Galinon, Ernest
- Date of birth:
- November 7th, 1913 (Chastang, Corrèze, France)
- Date of death:
- 2004 (France)
- Nationality:
- French
Biography
CAREER
1939-1940 : pilot, join the Armée d''Armistice after the French defeat in June 1940
1943 : join the IR 638 - LVF as corporal then sergent/Unteroffizier
October 1944 : transfered in the Waffen SS as an Unterscharführer serving in the Signal platoon of the SS. Gren.Reg. der SS Nr.58 - 33.SS Div Charlemagne
March 1945 : took part in the fightings in Pomerania near Körlin where he save the life of 3 Polish civilians on the brink to be executed
April-May 1945 : took part to the fightings in Berlin within the 33. SS Div Charlemagne
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
- Unit:
- Infanterie-Regiment 638, Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF)
- Awarded on:
- 1943
Croix de Guerre L.V. F. (Vichy)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Infanterie-Regiment 638, Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF)
- Awarded on:
- 1943
With 2 palms (1944)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
- Unit:
- Infanterie-Regiment 638, Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF)
- Awarded on:
- 1944
Pilote
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
Sources
- - Stephane Kayser
- Waffen-SS Francais, Grégory Bouysse
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